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How a Local Builder Fits Pole Barns for Colorado’s Green Policies

As Colorado moves towards more green policies, one local builder offers ways to make pole barns more energy efficient. Pole buildings offer huge interior open space and expert building practices and materials and components become paramount to their energy efficiency.

Colorado Moves to Reduce Remissions Quickly

Fed up with wildfires, lower snowpack, and drought, the Colorado policymakers want new modeling. They decided the existing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap cannot achieve their goals. What goals? By 2030, Colorado hopes to reduce remissions by 50 percent and by 2050, the goal is 90 percent reduction.

Note the new wind generators along I-25 south of Pueblo. New policies target electricity, transportation, industry, building, and land use. Whether we agree or not with these initiatives, they are pushing climate action goals forward. So, we are listening.

Local Colorado Builder to the Rescue

In Colorado, we deal with cold winters and hot summer weather. The extremes can be mitigated to keep the heating and air conditioning expenses at a minimum. In addition to constructing airtight buildings, we study many natural elements to enhance the design. We design the roof pitch, awnings, porches, window and door placement, foundation, and other aspects in relation to the natural environment. Our custom pole building team seeks to utilize proper air flow, use of natural sunlight and shade, to assist our clients with long-term efficiency.

5 Important Features of Energy Efficient Pole Barns

Here’s how one local builder adapted to be on the cutting edge of Colorado’s green culture. Sapphire Construction relies on five foundational principles to achieve energy efficient post frame construction for big and smaller pole barns. They include engineering and design, building placement, high-quality materials, exact components, and complete building system.

1. ) Technology and Design
   How can engineering and design effect a building’s energy quotient? Current computer technology has compelled more accurate calculations and predictors. This modeling allows our engineers to determine precise formulas for every nook and cranny of a building’s structure and design.
2. ) Building Placement
   Architects build on engineering expertise. They pitch the roof sections, design overhangs and porches, and survey the building site to utilize the natural sunshine, winds, water flow and other calculations to determine the direction of the building. Landscape recommendations also work into the equation.
3. ) High-Quality Materials
   Exact wind and snow load predictions along with weather and climate statistics for Colorado become a part of the equation. Engineers tell us the size and strength of needed materials required for the job. Because we want only the best, we design and manufacture materials to achieve premium structural integrity. We grade our lumber and invent siding and roofing metal sheath to outperform the competition. High-quality insulation can make a huge difference in energy bills.
4. ) Precision Components
   In addition, the engineers let us know the exact fasteners, nails, screws, and other connectors to ensure stability and energy efficiency. The components will respect energy use: lighting sources, fixtures, windows and doors, and accessories are thoughtfully selected.
5. ) Complete Building Systems – Pole Barn Kits

We take pride in offering pole barn kits that come as complete building systems. Everything needed to build the pole barns comes together on a truck. There’s no running to the hardware store, no guessing the correct fastener. This saves time and energy at the point of construction. It saves money, too.

To be clear, the final building structure prevents air and water leaks and weather damage. It will be designed to utilize natural energy sources and minimize extra electricity.

Colorado Builders Specializing in Energy Efficient Pole Barns

For information about pole barns and metal buildings for Storage, Hobbies, Farm & Ranch, Livestock, Equestrian, and Commercial uses, contact Sapphire Construction, Inc. at (303) 619-7213. Our team custom designs each building using high-quality, engineer-tested materials from Lester Buildings.